Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-04
SURPRISE PARTY.
Prof. Newill, Principal Of the High
School, Dismissed by the Board Two
tn One-What the People Say About
;t-A List of the New Teachers.

tn On6-WndC Tic IOOpAo O0y AWVU
ia List of the New Teachers.
The School Board met IN Monday even
;,o and. besides some other unimportan'
.ction. reappo,nted all the old teacher
18th the exception OF Professor Newill, tn,
,rincipal of the High School. This actor
On their part seems to have met with gen
oraI di%sapprOval from the parents OF tn,
r,,nils attending the school. Professor
Newill. on being interview ed as to tn,
caus,s of his dismissal, preferred not Etc
make any statement IN that point as b,
could only draw differences which might OF
might not be correct. He had, as far al
he was aware.
GIVEN
and on what grounds he had been dismissed
or what complaints had been made against
him he could form no idea. He referred
THE MINER representative to the parente
If the pupils who had been under his charge
for their opinion of the results OF his con.
duct of the school. He was going to take
no steps in the matter himself to endeavor
to procure II reversal Of the Boards action.
He lea yes for Helena to-day to attend
commencement exercises at the High
School there and confer prizes.
WHAT AT THE MEETING.
Mr.. Evans. the clerk OF the Board, was
seen and asked what transpired at the
meeting. He said: II did not pay partic-
ular attention to what was said by anyone.
When the appointment of teachers vas
reached, the Board agreed hat all ques-
tions that came up should be decided by
ballot. Superintendent Russell and Pro-
lessor Newill were both there, and it was
arranged that the rpointments should be
passed upon from the highest down. Mr..
Russell left the room while his appointment
was under consideration. When it was
disposed Of I read Professor Newill's appli-
cation, and as soon as finished he got up
and requested permission to
ASK A FEW QUESTIONS,
which the chairman granted. He asked if
there we're any accusations against him, to
which the answer was returned that there
,ore not. If he hadn't fulfilled his duties
+borouphly. to which the answer was made
thot he was an admirable teacher, or some
tb;nr to that effect, and there were other
nuestions put which Ican'tremember. The
Chairman, Mr.. Brownlee, said he acted
rom ~personal observation OF Mr.. Newill's
method of teaching, and did not base his
opinion on any outside feeling. and he felt
that he
COULD NOT INDoRsE HIM.
7 won't be positive, OF course, as to what
was said, because l was only there in a
clerical capacity, uninterested one way or
anotbar, but that is the gist of what &C.
n Nyo-:11 uor{a1 RI 1nNu 20 thn~o
we're any complaints against him so as to
Get an opportunity to refute them. The
chairman did not positively deny that
there we're any charges against Mr.. Ne will.
The l. tier asked him to p~articularize any
instances. Mr.. Brownlee said he didn't
want to enter into details and wished no
discussion. He acted as though he had
come to a conclusion on the subject and
wished to make an ending OF it,"
SCHOOL TRUSTEE PORTER
was seen and confirmed the statement of
the conversation that occurred at Board
meeting as given by the clerk. Mr.. Porter
WAS present and stated that he voted for |
Professor Newill, while the two other |
trustees voted against him. He was very |
iayorably impressed with MI. Newill as q |
teacher himself and never saw a lot OF
parents so ''stnck" on any man as the |
parents of the High School pupils were
on Mr.. Newill. He was certain that no
question Of politics had anything to do |
with the matter. He had told Mr.. Newill
sx weeks before that he stood no show of
being reinstated. but for his part he never
saw a man better fitted for the position or
one who had lone SO much for the Butte
High School.
WHAT som PARENTS sAID.
Avisit was paid to several of the parents
ofpupis attending the school, and the feel
ing in favor OF the retention of Professor
Newill was found to be almost unanimous.
In every instance the parents quoted the
expressions of their children, and as they
are mostly over IA, they are not withouta
certain amount OF weight. One lady aid
her son knew he was no ~favorite with the
Professor, but he never made any "kick,'
to use his own slang, at his markings. The
children were going to get up a petition to
have the Professor retained, to be signed
by everyone under his tuition, to refute the
statement that any complaint about him
had come from them. Among Others seen
was Rev. Mr.. Clark, who expressed himself
VERY SORRY TO HEAR
Of Professor Newill's dismissal. He
thinks him a good teacher and that he has
remarkable memory. He was PERSONAL
ly acquainted with Mr.. Newill and thought
his boy was doing very well under his care.
His son had already made one change in
coming here, and having become adapted
to Mr.. Newill's ways he was sorry that he
would have to 60 over the same ground
again with someone else. Changes in teach
ers should only be made on the ~gravest
grounds. as every one has his own method
OF imparting instruction, and it takes time
for children and teachers to become accus-
toned to each other. It would likely set
back the children six months in their Latin
and French owing to change in the method
OF pronunciation which q new teacher
would inevitably introduce.
DIR. BISHOP HIMSELF
very severely on the subject. He said he
was very favorably disposed to Mr.. Newill,
and thinks his child has made better
progress under him than under any other
teacher she ever went to. II the member
Of the Boz I'd had had any children to send
to school they wouldn'thave put him out.
He animadverted upon the means by
which choOl elections were carried and
openly asserted that they were a farce. Ii
it came to a petition being presented to him
"ohius LHe DOdFu W TcUdAu AOo'6A /
he would sign it with pleasure.
MR.. MOVES |
was seen and was also extremely emphatic
in his expressions OF disapproval at the
course OF the Board. "You will not find
one parent who does not think as l do.
My children were improving as they had
under no other teacher. They couldn't be
making better progress. No person will be
found to make charges OF tavorltlsm
against Professor Newill, because there
could be none. OF course, every teacher
must prefer those scholars who are the
best examples OF his exertions as . teacher.
That's only natural. Mr.. Newill is a born
teacher-that's what he is
He KNOWS that BUSINESS
more thoroughly than any man ever IN
that position in Butte. l { op'tthink youll
md oDe opposed to him among the par
snts. If there are l haven't heard any, n
I've heard most OF them. l have beard OF
petition among the parents to be pre-
sented for his reinstatement. and l shall DE
only too glad to sign it," Mrs. Moves, n
was present, was as emphatic as her hus'
n0nd hNNHf